A Year of Books – 2020 in Review
I don’t remember a time when I didn’t love books. Practically from the time I was born, my uncle ensured I had a ready supply and my mom read to…
Read moreThe new picture book Belinda Baloney Changes Her Mind by Becca Carnahan delightfully explores the dilemma so many children face when asked “What do you want to be when you…
Read moreSkedaddle! – A Bedtime Story
Skedaddle by Jacqueline Leigh is an entertaining bedtime tale full of unexpected nighttime happenings when (so it is thought anyway) everyone is supposed to be asleep. Noises coming from the…
Read moreNow Hear This: Every Classroom Needs This Book
Now Hear This; Harper Soars With Her Magic Ears by Valli and Harper Gideons is a candid recounting of the young co-author’s challenges with hearing loss. In it, she talks…
Read moreI Wish Ten-Year-Old Me Had This Laura Ingalls Wilder Companion
Like many young girls, I read and re-read the Little House series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Though her world was, even then, far removed from the one in…
Read moreWhy We Should Just “Wear the Damn Swimsuit”
Wear the Damn Swimsuit: Lessons and Stories From Cancer and Life, by Ashli Brehm is an honest, encouraging and often funny account of her life with cancer. Diagnosed with breast…
Read moreToday’s Teen Girls Are Under Pressure
It’s a common headline: We are in the midst of a scary mental health epidemic. It is apparent that stress and anxiety are much more common today than a generation…
Read moreYou Can Live a Full Life After an Eating Disorder
I recently read an advance copy of Living FULL: Winning My Battle With Eating Disorders by Danielle Sherman-Lazar. Particularly as a mom of three daughters, at times this book …
Read moreCan There Be Good News About Bad Behavior?
There is one thing that new parents agree on: They have no idea what they’re doing. Even when things start to go smoothly and they think they’ve finally got the…
Read moreAre You Really Saying What You Think You Are?
In Voice Lessons for Parents: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Listen, Wendy Mogel, Ph.D. provides a guide for parents to communicate with their children at…
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